Piezofluorochromism, the phenomenon of materials reversibly changing their fluorescent color when pressure is applied, is ...

While Nature routinely constructs complex biological structures with exquisite control, laboratory-based synthetic methods are only beginning to reach similar levels of precision in the creation of ...

UV light makes it possible to see intricate structures of fossils that are barely visible in normal daylight. This method has often been used on the fossilized seashells from the Earth's current ...

DayGlo fluorescent pigments, a new class of pigments based on fluorescent dyes and polymeric materials, were developed between the 1930s and 1950s by scientists at Switzer Brothers, Inc. (now Day-Glo ...